NYU Shanghai Elementary Chinese 1 - Lesson 5 Homework Sheet 名字：________________________
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Due before the time on NYU Brightspace → Assignment → Homework Sheet – Lsn 5
Handwrite. Upon completion, submit one scanned PDF to NYU Brightspace → Assignment → Homework
Sheet – Lsn 5, and rename the file as “Ele I – HS – Lsn 5 – Your name
Part I. Characters
1. Write down the meanings of the following radicals, then find out the characters that contain the
following radicals from Lsn 5. The number in the bracket indicates how many characters you can find.
Find them all.
Check out this page (https://www.i-got-one.org/lsn-5-visit-friends/) and this page on radicals
(https://www.i-got-one.org/radical/) for references.
Radical Meaning Character Radical Meaning Character
口 (6) 忄 (1)
囗 (2) 氵 (1)
木 (2) 土 (1)
纟 (2) 饣 (1)
艹 (1) 辶 (1)
2. Contribute to the I Got One website (www.i-got-one.org) to share your own strategies of the
conceptualization of Chinese characters, and get inspired by your peers! Screenshot your submissions to
Formative.com to earn bonus points on this homework sheet.
Check here if you have submitted on the I Got One website.
3. Build the words with given character.
1) 以 ____以 ____以 2) 可 可____ 可____
3) 起 ____起 ____起 4) 乐 ____乐 ____乐
5) 书 ____书 ___书___ 6) 学 学____ 学____
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Part II. Pinyin Practice, Part III. Listening Comprehension & Part IV. Reading
Comprehension are on Formative.com → HW - Lsn 5 – Pinyin, Listening and Reading
Check if you have completed the Formative exercises.
1) Measure Word
P86 B 1 2 3
2) Tone Particles：吧 吗 呢
A. 我没有哥哥，你__________？
B. 你在图书馆工作__________？
C. 明天是星期六，我们一起去吃饭________！
3) 想 = would like to do, followed by a verb; 要 = to want sth. /to do, can be followed a noun or a verb，
喜欢 = to like sth./to do, followed by a noun or a verb
Correct the following sentences by re-writing the accurate ones.
1) 我想一杯水。______________________________________
2) 今天你有事吗，我喜欢请你吃饭。________________________________________
4) S+很 adj1，也很 Adj2 Subject is Adjective and also Adjective
Example: 上海很大。 上海很漂亮。 Please combine into 1 sentence: 上海很大，也很漂亮。
Q: 你觉得你的家怎么样？ Answer in Chinese: __________________________________
Q: 你觉得纽约大学的饭菜怎么样？Answer in Chinese :_____________________________
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5) Basic sentence order: Time + Subject +在+ Place + V or
Subject + Time +在+ Place + V
Rearrange the sentence order:
P87/C(1) __________________________________________________________________
C(3) __________________________________________________________________
Answer the following questions in Chinese based on facts.
Q: 你周末喜欢在学校吃饭吗？为什么？
Q: 这个周末你想去哪儿玩儿？
6) Do sth. Together with sb.: A 和 B 一起+ V（聊天、打球、唱歌、跳舞、看电影……）
Answer the following questions in Chinese based on facts.
Q：你常常和你的好朋友一起做什么？
7) 了：action occurred or completed.
Positive: S + V + Simple Object +了
S + V +了+ specific Object (Number + Measure Word or Proper noun)
Negative: S + 没 + V (no 了 is needed since there is no action occurred or completed)
No 了 for Non-Action verbs：是 在 想 要 喜欢 爱 有……
No 了 for actions with a frequency：常常 不常 有的时候 ……
P96/B (1) Q: ___________________________A:_______________________________
(4) Q: ___________________________A:_______________________________
P96-97/C (1) Q: ___________________________A:_______________________________
Q: ___________________________A:_______________________________
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(2) Q: ___________________________A:_______________________________
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8) 才：indicate the action happened later than the speaker expected.
P97/D (1) _____________________________________________________________
D (2) _____________________________________________________________
9) （一）点儿 Vs 一下 一点儿 + noun；Verb + 一下
A：进来！你坐__________ 。 你想喝 __________ 什么？
B：我想 __________。你有没有可乐？我喝 __________ 可乐吧！
10) Translation
P98/E (3)
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Part VI. Conversational & Presentational Task (Bonus)
Choose one from the below two exercises:
Option 1: Negotiating with AI
Use any AI tool (ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Claude, etc.) and start a text-based conversation.
1. Ask the AI to find you several Chinese songs (preferably suitable for beginner level students for Chinese
language), each with at least 8 “了”in the lyrics.
2. Double check the lyrics and make sure they have the right amount of 了
3. Choose the one that you enjoy the most, and hand-copy the lines from the lyrics with 了
4. Practice the chorus part of that song, and record a short video/audio of you singing along, then send to
Chai Laoshi’s WeChat
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Option 2: Fall Break Activity Interview
Find a Chinese friend other than your roommate and share about your fall break. Send the video to WeChat
group. Listen to your partner's speaking and react naturally. Try to use only Chinese and body languages to
make meaning, rather than a dictionary. No need to write the script here. Rehearse before you record!
Prompt: You and your new Chinese friend will start a conversation naturally by greeting and sharing your
recent updates (busy or not, what you two are busy with, etc.), and you will narrate one event you did during
the fall break recently with details (when, where, with whom, content, comments, etc.), and any other topics
you may find of mutual interests.
